Sliding weather-strip



(No Model.)

W. FITZPAT-RIOK. SLIDING WEATHER STRIP.

No. 425,414. Patent'edApr. 15, 1890,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM FITZPATRIOK, OF BRAZILTON, KANSAS.

SLIDING WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,414, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed December 20, 1889- Serial No. 334,468. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FITZPATRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bra zilton, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Sliding Weather-Strip, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in sliding weather-strips.

The object of the present invention is to provide a sliding weather-strip of simple and inexpensive construction, adapted to be readily secured to a door without disfiguring the latter and capable of securely shutting out wind and rain without presenting any grooves or crevices to allow accumulation of dust and dirt.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the driwings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sliding weather-strip constructed in accordance with the invention and shown applied in operative position to a door, the latter being slightly open. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional View of the same, the door being closed and the weather-strip being in its depressed position. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the weather-strip. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the lower end of the door and sill.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a rectangular casing whose sides 2 extend upward and are secured to the lower edge of a door 3 by screws or the like which pass through perforations in the plate. The rectangular casing 1, which is preferablyconstructed of sheet metal or similar material, extends below the lower edge of the door and forms a recess, in which is arranged a weatherstrip 4, which is T-shaped in cross-section and is composed of ahorizontal plate 5,which normally lies against the lower edge of the door, and a vertical plate 6, which extends above and below the horizontal plate and forms flanges, the upper one of which normally lies against the door and the lower one of which, when the weather-strip is depressed, fits snugly against the edge of a carpet-strip 7 and securely shuts out the wind and the rain. The weather-strip by being T-shaped in cross-section is adapted to fit squarely against the lower portion of the door when elevated and to fit similarly against the carpet-strip 7, and does not necessitate a groove which'would allow the accumulation of dust and dirt, which is a very advantageous construction.

The weather-strip is operated by a rod 8, whose lower end is bent at right angles and secured to the upper face of the horizontal plate 5 of the weather-strip, and whose upper end is provided with a head 9, against which bearsa spring 10, which is coiled around the upper end of the rod 8 and has its lower end bearing against a metallic strap 11, which is provided with a groove or bend 12, that re ceives the rod and guides it in its vertical movement, and the casin g is provided with a groove or bend 13, that receives and guides the lower end of the rod. The rod and the weather-strip are retained in their depressed position against the action of the spring 10 by an eccentrically-pivoted disk 14, which is preferably mounted upon a shaft or pintle that is designed in practice to be provided at each end with a knob or handle to enable the rod to be operated from either side of the door.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that weather-strips constructed in accordance with this invention are simple and inexpensive in construction, and adapted to be readily secured to a door without disfiguring the latter and do not necessitate the employment of grooves or recesses to permit accumulation of dust and dirt.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of the rectangular casing designed to be secured to the lower end of the door, and a T-shaped Weatherstrip arranged within the casin g and capable of vertical movement, and adapted when elevated to fit squarely against the lower end of the door and when depressed to similarly engage a carpet-strip, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the casing designed to be secured to the lower end of a door, the

to the horizontal plate and having its upper end provided with an enlargement or head, the spring coiled around the rod and engaging the enlargement or head, and the eccentric-ally-pivoted disk arranged to depress the rod, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses \VILLIAM FITZPATRIOK.

NVitnesses:

JAMES S. PYLE, S. M. TENISON. 

